Term 1 Week 5

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Ecological Identity: Protecting Nature
The Lorax - Dr Seuss

Eva Rook arrived back at Kindy this year with a goal in mind - to plant and protect Truffula Trees! Soon, she had a band of volunteers, digging and positioning Truffula Trees in the sandpit. We began to research the Truffula Trees further, Googling images of these colourful beauties. April White brought in her DVD of The Lorax, and Christina brought along her Dr Suess book. Together, the children and teachers are discovering these lost treasures and building our sense of ecological responsibility. We will continue to revisit and extend our ideas around protecting the natural world.


Stump the Hump
On Tuesday, Ashar and Holly were busy constructing with the wooden blocks. When Judy approached the girls, Holly informed her that it was like Stump the Hump - ah, a boardwalk!! Later that day in Te Wananga Time/Discussion Time, the group shared their thoughts around the girls work - "You have to be careful not to stand on the plants" - "You stay on the boardwalk".



Fishing
Cody arrived back at Kindy this week, eager to share with the group about his fishing adventures at Bluff in the weekend. The fort provided the perfect place to fish from! CJ shared a his family's ecological value: "When you catch two fish, you put one back, 'cos everyone should be able to catch a fish". Thank you boys.


Forest Kindy
This week we reconnected at Ivy Russell Reserve with our new Forest Kindy friends - Vanessa, Kahn, Tyrone, Von, Alice, Reef, and Eva R - and Forest Kindy experts Walter, Eva C, and our leader Greta. After some time away from the Reserve, we had our work cut out for us at the Dragon's Den and Kindy Castle - was in the wind that had knocked our sticks down????...or....Had that Big Bad Wolf been up to his old tricks again!! As the group worked together to make some timely repairs to our tracks, Dragon's Nest and Stick Hut, a sense of ownership fell upon us. After morning tea we sat in the Nest and shared our thoughts around how we might protect this special place. Eva C, our resident bird's nest spotter, presented two nests that had fallen. As we examined the nests, sadness came upon us - one of the nests was made of sticks, mud and leaves, while the other had pieces of blue string entwined. "It's lucky the birds didn't eat it!" said Eva C. The children talked about how and why this rubbish had made its way into the Reserve, and what we were going to do about it! "We have to look after the birds!" "We don't leave rubbish" "We put it in our bags" 

Lucas "The Astrologist" Millar's Research Question: Why can we see the Moon in the Daytime?!?!
Curiosity, intrigue, the unknown, hypothesis - science at Play today at Kindy as we began to gather information regarding why it is that we could see the Moon AND the Sun today?!?


As a teaching team we take pride - on a daily basis - in 'listening' & taking cues from ALL childrens 'wonderings'.  I wonder what we will 'ponder' over next week!!!